"Joy" is movement 3 of "Angel Music", a set of three pieces for violin and piano inspired by American folk song.
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Story behind the song
I expanded instrumental interludes from one of the songs in my Christmas cantata Shepherds and Angels (setting American Christmas folk songs for chorus, vln & harp) into a violin recital piece (movement 3 in a set of three). In the cantata, these interludes were for the tune "Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb". I meant to use only the interludes between the verses, but the tune is so infectious that it crept back in, first implied, the played straight out at the end.
This is a virtual-instrument demo. Violinists, interested? Contact me at www.spindrift.com
